ABSTRACT

The inevitable conclusion is that conciliation is too fraught with hazard to be contemplated by any party who is potentially a defendant in the course of litigation or arbitration proceedings.

The only sensible advice one could give to a medical practitioner faced with a potential legal problem arising in the course of his professional duties would be to say that conciliation has no place in the resolution of such a dispute but, if he chooses to submit the matter to conciliation, he clearly runs the risk of anything arising from the conciliation being used against him at a later stage.